The paper attempts to establish the relationship that exists between the personal variables such as educational qualifications, age, gender, marital status, salary, experience, post held and residential background and job satisfaction among bank employees in some selected branches of State Bank of India in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. It also sets out to ascertain those personal factors which affect job satisfaction among employees in these banks. The study was conducted on 202 public sector bank employees in Shimla. The study used both descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, mean and standard deviation, including Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression to analyze the data. The results indicate that there is a significant positive relationship between gender, fringe benefits and working conditions; and with job content, supervision, salary, opportunities for advancement, contingent awards, promotion and autonomy, it shows a significant relationship. Based on the findings, the study suggests that public sector banks should give much emphasis to working conditions and autonomy for better job satisfaction among their employees. Further, a comparative study was recommended on private and public bank employees to understand their perceptions in relation to their job satisfaction.